The 30th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film came to an end after six days full of highlights from the world of animation. The festival culminated April 30 with the ITFS awards ceremony and the announcement of winners of the competition program, which was preceded by the Animated Games Award Germany,[…]
The pixel magicians of the visual effects community gathered tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel as the Visual Effects Society held its 21st Annual VES Awards, the organizations yearly celebration of outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials, video games and special venues. Awards were handed[…]
Today, The Advanced Imaging Society’s Lumiere Awards awarded 23 statuettes for distinguished creative and technical achievement. This year’s theme, “Behind the Legend,” celebrated the creative teams behind the scenes who are creating legendary stories and characters for audiences. The awards are voted for by members of the Hollywood creative and[…]
Nominees in 25 categories for this year’s VES awards were selected by VES members at 27 in-person and virtual nomination events conducted worldwide last weekend (the event unfortunately overlapped with the Oscar Bake-off). The VES has nearly 4,500 members in 45 countries worldwide who contribute to all areas of entertainment[…]
Comparison between the before and after visual effects shots from my latest short film The Awakening. Plus some good news! source
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just released their list of feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature, and International Feature Film categories for the 95th Academy Awards. Complete 95th Academy Awards rules can be found at Oscars.org/rules. 27 features have been declared[…]
Kidscreen has announced its shortlist for the upcoming 14th Annual Kidscreen Awards. All winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony at Kidscreen Summit 2023 in Miami on February 14. In categories that include animation or mixed media, the nominees are: Preschool Best New Series: Deepa & Anoop (Mattel[…]
This past Saturday and Sunday marked the annual The Creative Arts Emmys, two evenings of celebrations honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in various television program genres, guest performances in weekly series, and exceptional work in animation, reality, and documentary categories. Among numerous other categories, Emmys were awarded in Animation[…]
Congratulations to all the nominees. Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie The Book Of Boba Fett • Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd. Richard Bluff, Visual Effects Supervisor Abbigail Keller, Visual Effects Producer Paul Kavanagh, Animation Supervisor Cameron Neilson, Assoc. Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Fisher, Special Effects Supervisor[…]
Following are excerpts from the acceptance speeches delivered by this year’s distinguished VES Honorees. Guillermo del Toro, Recipient of the 2022 VES Award for Creative Excellence What magic and beautiful collaboration it is when we jive together to create a moment – a sleight-of-hand trick in which we use every[…]
